Energy

AMSC of Devens, whose stock has been trading at less than $1 per share for four months, issued a 1-for-10 reverse stock split Wednesday after approval last week by shareholders, the company announced.

Energy efficiency services provider Conservation Services Group of Westborough has landed a two-year, multi-million-dollar contract with a utility in Ohio, its fourth deal with utilities in the state, the company said.

The Baker administration is committed to the installation of at least 1,600 megawatts of solar energy in Massachusetts by 2020, continuing a goal established by former governor Deval Patrick, according to the state's secretary of energy and environmental affairs.

Three solar-energy stations are expected to be completed in Uxbridge and will serve residential and commercial electric ratepayers for National Grid, according to the project developer.

Framingham-based Ameresco reported financial gains in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results.

After weeks of steadily falling to just above $2 per gallon, the average retail price for a gallon of gasoline rose another 9 cents in Central Massachusetts last week, to $2.34, according to GasBuddy.com's daily survey of 263 gas outlets in Worcester.

Sharp declines in prices for natural gas helped push the average wholesale price for electricity in New England down nearly 60 percent last month over January 2014, according to ISO-New England, which oversees the region's power grid.

American Tower Corp. announced Thursday that it is raising over $3 billion in a stock offering that will help finance fulfilling a contract with Verizon.

Massachusetts will partner with Connecticut and Rhode Island to explore new clean energy resources and natural gas capacity options to address the region's high energy costs and demands.

Energy costs fell in New England over the final three months of last year, driven by lower...